& the DEAD shall rise!. . .ABC confirms cancelled shows unaired episodes will air in the summer. . .

[NewtonMP2100]

. .. for the cancelled shows. . .'Pushing Daisies'...'Dirty Sexy Money'...'Eli Stone'. . .on saturdays. . .

. . .in case you want to catch the unaired episodes. . .


ABC confirms 'Pushing Daisies,' 'Eli Stone,' 'Dirty Sexy Money' summer burnoff

ABC's summer schedule includes fresh seasons of "The Bachelorette" and "Wipeout," a few new shows -- and the final episodes of three second-year dramas that were cancelled midway through the season.

The three shows -- "Pushing Daisies," "Eli Stone" and "Dirty Sexy Money" -- will air Saturday nights at 10 in a sort of burnoff theater spot. The last three episodes of "Daisies" will air starting May 30, followed by the four remaining "Eli Stones" beginning June 20 and the final four "Dirty Sexy Money" episodes on July 18.

As far as originals go, the network's summer schedule will be anchored by its two most successful shows from last summer -- "The Bachelorette" and "Wipeout." The new edition of "The Bachelorette," starring Jason Mesnick dumpee Jillian Harris, kicks off Monday, May 18. The goofy obstacle-course hijinks of "Wipeout" start again on Wednesday, May 27.

The "Wipeout" premiere will lead in to animated series "The Goode Family," which will finally see the light of day on May 27. It will be paired with "Surviving Suburbia," which will move over from Monday nights.

Other originals lined up for the summer include second seasons of "Here Come the Newlyweds" (May 25) and "I Survived a Japanese Game Show" (July 8); sort-of newcomer "The Superstars," which will put a celebrity spin on the old athletes' competition starting June 23; and "Dating in the Dark," a show in which singles get to know one another without the benefit of seeing each other.

The premiere and finale dates are as follows:

Monday, May 18
9 p.m. "The Bachelorette" (two hours; moves to 8 p.m. on May 25)

Monday, May 25
10 p.m. "Here Come the Newlyweds"

Wednesday, May 27
8 p.m. "Wipeout"
9 p.m. "The Goode Family"
9:30 p.m. "Surviving Suburbia" (new night)

Saturday, May 30
10 p.m. "Pushing Daisies"

Saturday, June 13
10 p.m. "Pushing Daisies" (series finale)

Saturday, June 20
10 p.m. "Eli Stone"

Tuesday, June 23
8 p.m. "The Superstars"

Wednesday, July 8
9 p.m. "I Survived a Japanese Game Show"

Saturday, July 11
10 p.m. "Eli Stone" (series finale)

Saturday, July 18
10 p.m. "Dirty Sexy Money"

Monday, July 20
10 p.m. "Dating in the Dark"

Saturday, Aug. 8
10 p.m. "Dirty Sexy Money" (series finale)

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"Kings" on NBC also looks to be dead; the ratings started out dismal and have only gotten worse. NBC has announced that the remaining (Eight, I believe) episodes will be moved from Sunday nights to Saturday nights.

If you're at all curious about the show, the Sci Fi channel will be running a Kings marathon tomorrow, Thursday, April 9, starting at 11:00 pm Pacific.

I've enjoyed the show a lot, but with the ratings the way they are, I can't blame NBC for doing what they need to do.

[jdc]

kings is pretty much crap

looks like it has a HUGE production budget as well -- and no real standout stars

[iaJim]

I wanted to like Kings because I really liked Ian McShane in Deadwood. Kings has no intrigue, action, dialogue, nothing that will hold my attention other than McShane. Even he seems to still be playing Swerigen again. Sorry, it's a dog.

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iaJim wrote: Kings has no intrigue, action, dialogue, nothing that will hold my attention other than McShane.

Wow, it sounds like you're watching a completely different show than I am. :biggrin:

Sorry, it's a dog.

That seems to be the viewer consensus, I'll give you that.

I never saw McShane in Deadwood. Anybody else out there remember him best from the Brit show "Lovejoy", where he played an antiques "divy" (Think all of the Antiques Roadshow experts living in one body) with a weakness for a good con and a talent for making and acquiring, um, "knockoffs" to aid in his quest to separate fools from their money? That was another great show. He also did a hell of a turn in a '70s miniseries as Disraeli.